Health & Safety at work - 50 years on

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The BBC have a retrospective of legislation on health & safety at work. Worth a read

How 1960s tragedies triggered a life-saving law

Disasters like the Aberfan mining disaster scarred the nation but led to radical changes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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It led to a sea change of attitudes about worker safety.

HSE has a chart showing the (huge) decline in workplace deaths since the 80s here:

https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/fatalinjuries.pdf